You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
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A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminatingly murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of comradeship and self-sacrifice. In the end it is how you fight, as much as why...
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There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
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